Species Scolopostethus forticornis Gross, 1965
- Scolopostethus forticornis Gross, G.F. 1965. A revision of the Australian and New Guinea Drymini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 39-78 pls 3-7 [68].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,182 ♂, Lock 4, River Murray, SA.
Paratype(s) AM K68489 1 specimen (genitalia missing); NMV 4♂ 6♀; SAMA I20,183–I20,186 3♂ 2♀.
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Coen, Daintree National Park, Gayndah, Kenilworth State Forest, Iron Range, VIC—Lake Hattah, SA—Buckaringa Gorge, Mambray Creek, Mannum, Pichi Richi Pass, Port Lincoln, Wilpena Pound; New Zealand record unconfirmed.
IBRA
Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, under bark, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Under bark of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.
General References
Malipatil, M.B. 1977. Additions to the Drymini of New Zealand (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 177-182 [177] (possible New Zealand record)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [123] (catalogue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |